Trending This Week 10 - Chinese Premier's famous lines

Trending This Week 10 - Chinese Premier's famous lines


Trending This Week 10 - Chinese Premier's famous lines

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 10:50 PM PDT

In a country of 1.3 billion people, what stories make the headlines and what draws heated debate on social networks? Every Friday we bring you this week's most trending stories on the Internet....
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Student suspected of fake posting Lee Luan Yew’s death

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 08:26 PM PDT

Police in Singapore are investigating a student who is suspected of posting the fake photo claiming to show the death of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The suspect is under 16 years old...
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Solar eclipse plunges Faroe Islands into darkness

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 08:26 PM PDT

On Friday, millions of people in northern Europe experienced the best solar eclipse in years. But it was only witnessed in full by those in the Faroe Islands and northern Scandinavia. Watch...
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Over 100 killed and wounded in Syria car bombings

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 08:57 PM PDT

Over a hundred of people were killed or wounded by two car bombs in the mainly Kurdish city of Hassaka in northeastern Syria on Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights group says the...
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Indian parents seen scaling walls to help their kids cheat

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 10:24 PM PDT

Hundreds of students in an east Indian town have been expelled after their parents risked their lives climbing the walls of an examination hall to help their children cheat on exams. Watch...
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HK Film Directors’ Guild awards:Lau Ching Wan and Tang Wei snag best actor and actress

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 06:44 AM PDT

The Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild selected “The Golden Era” as this year's Best Film at the annual dinner this Wednesday. The film's director, Ann Hui, also won Best Director. Tang...
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Child prodigy shines: 9-year-old blind pianist plays at World Bank

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 06:43 AM PDT

Jose Andre Montano, a 9-year-old Bolivian piano prodigy, who also happens to be blind, performed at the World Bank in Washington D.C. on Thursday, captivating the audience during his show....
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China announces new film industry events to echo the “Belt and Road” initiatives

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 06:12 AM PDT

Thursday's press conference revealed more than 360 films that will enter the final selection of the 5th Beijing International Film Festival. The films will be shown at 30 film related institution...
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How China works: Discovery Channel launches local China themed content

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 09:25 AM PDT

Viewers across Asia Pacific can soon look forward to “Hour China”, a series focused on highlighting China themed content. In addition, a new documentary about Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu's...
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Unique solar eclipse seen across Arctic islands

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 09:54 AM PDT

A solar eclipse is sweeping its way across the Atlantic Ocean as the moon is set to block out the sun for a few thousand sky gazers on the remote islands. Millions more in Europe, Africa and...
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Biz@Sunset 20th March 2015

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 03:43 AM PDT

There was big news this week as three more European giants applied to join the China built Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Meanwhile, Chinese stocks jumped to their highest level...
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Global surge in sales of military hardware

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 02:39 AM PDT

A new report shows military spending around the world rose by nearly 10 billion U.S. dollars last year. London-based IHS, the global information company which publishes Jane's Defense Weekly,...
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Australia may invest 3 bln AUD in AIIB

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 02:37 AM PDT

According to leaked information on Friday, Australia may join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and potentially invest three billion Australian dollars, or about 2.3 bln U.S. dollars....
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Obama pledges to pursue a different relationship with Iran

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 02:35 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama says this year represents the “best opportunity in decades” to pursue a different relationship with Iran. In a message to Iran's people and leaders on Thursday,...
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Supporters of Venezuelan President demand U.S. repeal ‘threat’ designation

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 02:35 AM PDT

Venezuelan government supporters are spreading out across the country in search of signatures. Supporters of President Nicolas Maduro have launched an international campaign, including a ...
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23 people killed in central Tunisia museum attack

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 02:34 AM PDT

The death toll from the deadly attack at Tunisia's National Bardo Museum has risen to 23. About 50 others were injured in the terrorist attack. Most of the dead were foreign tourists. The two...
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A rising star in the rental industry

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 03:08 AM PDT

According to data released by a real estate group Home Link, around 9.5 million people, or 45 percent of Beijing's population, live in rental accommodations. The demand for rental apartments...
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Rental housing with value-added services

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 01:21 AM PDT

Ziroom currently operates in Beijing and Shanghai, and is trying to carve out its own niche in a fiercely competitive market. The company decided to offer what it calls a housekeeping service....
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Quest for expansion

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 01:21 AM PDT

Around 100000 of nearly 230000 students who graduated from Beijing universities this year will remain in the city, according to statistics released by the Beijing Human Resources and Social...
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Thousands from Myanmar forced to flee across border to China

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 12:11 AM PDT

Since the conflict in Kokang started in February, thousands of people from Myanmar have fled across the border to seek refuge in China. The two countries share a close, long-term relationship,...
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